The Era of Giants (2023)
Italian documentary illustrating the xylella virus devastation of the olive-growing flora in Apulia by the xylella virus. In Apulia, a region in south-eastern Italy, the most serious botanical pandemic of the century is underway: a quarantine bacterium, Xylella Fastidiosa, is killing millions of olive trees. Disrupting landscape, economy and human relations. The Era of Giants narrates Giuseppe’s journey to his father’s land, in the Plain of the Monumental Olive Trees, where the epidemic is imminent. He will have to explain to the old farmer how their lives will be disrupted by this invisible bacterium, hitherto unknown in Italy.
Directors: Davide Barletti, Lorenzo Conte.
| Directing | Davide Barletti | Director |
| Directing | Lorenzo Conte | Director |
| Production | Davide Barletti | Producer |
| Production | Ivan D'Ambrosio | Producer |
| Crew | Davide Micocci | Cinematography |
| Editing | Domenico De Orsi | Editor |
| Sound | Giuseppe D'Amato | Sound Designer |
| Lighting | Mirco Tenerelli | Gaffer |
| Writing | Davide Barletti | Writer |
| Writing | Lorenzo Conte | Writer |
| Writing | Stefano Martella | Writer |
| Writing | Roberto Greco | Writer |
